Beijing Platform for Action

Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States This publication aims to support policymakers and relevant institutions in their efforts to combat and prevent domestic violence by providing them with reliable and comparable data and information for effective, evidence-based decisions and policy improvement. Facts and figures: Area D. Violence against Women

Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States Domestic violence against women remains one of the most pervasive human rights violations of our time, and one of the biggest global problems. In the EU, 9 out of 10 victims of intimate partner violence are women. It harms women, families, communities and society. The...

On 21 June 2012 the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council of Ministers of the European Union (EPSCO) adopted conclusions on gender equality and climate change and took note on the first indicators prepared by the Danish Presidency on the basis of EIGE’s report. EPSCO conclusions highlight that more women are needed in climate change decision making to...

Review of the Implementation in the EU of area K of the Beijing Platform for Action: Women and the Environment Climate change is one of the key challenges of our times. Saving the climate for today and for the future generations belongs to one of the European Union priorities. Research shows that climate change affects women and men differently. Confronted...

Review of the Implementation in the EU of area K of the Beijing Platform for Action: Women and the Environment Climate change is a multiplier of environmental changes and has major impacts on the lives of women and men. These impacts and consequences are not gender-neutral. Women and men have different needs, priorities and possibilities of mitigating the effect of...

Review of the Implementation in the EU of area K of the Beijing Platform for Action: Women and the Environment Climate change is a multiplier of environmental changes and has major impacts on the lives of women and men. These impacts and consequences are not gender-neutral. Women and men have different needs, priorities and possibilities of mitigating the effect of...

Review of the Implementation in the EU of area K of the Beijing Platform for Action: Women and the Environment Climate change is a multiplier of environmental changes and has major impacts on the lives of women and men. These impacts and consequences are not gender-neutral. Women and men have different needs, priorities and possibilities of mitigating the effect of...

Review of the Implementation in the EU of area K of the Beijing Platform for Action: Women and the Environment Climate change is a multiplier of environmental changes and has major impacts on the lives of women and men. These impacts and consequences are not gender-neutral. Women and men have different needs, priorities and possibilities of mitigating the effect of...

Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the area F: Women and the Economy Despite various policies and measures for the advancement of gender equality promoted and implemented in the European Union Member States, women still remain the main carers of children and the elderly. Today, in Europe, women between the ages of 25 to 44...

Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action: Women and the Economy Women still remain the main carers of children and the elderly today. In Europe, women between the ages of 25 to 44 spend three times longer than men in childcare per day. The main findings of the first EIGE Report specifically focus on the topic of...